Manure-fork attachment



D. KUNDERT. MANURE FORK ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 7, I92I.

Patented NW. 7 1922.

GHB: nuja :DAVID HUMBERT, OF NEVI GLABUS, VSCONSIN.

MANURE-FORK ATTACHMENT.

Application filed. November 7, 195.21.

To all 'who/m, 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l, Devin limitent-efr, a citizen ol' the `UnitedStates, residing; et N ew Glarus, in the county ol Green, vState otllfisconsin, have invented certain new end useitul lniproveinents ininteriore-Forli Attachments; and l do hereby declare the tollowing,l tohe n lull, clear, and enact description ot the invention, such es villenalole others skilled in the :irt to whieh `it appen toins to inelreand use the saine.

This invention relates to new :ind use'lful improvements in inennretorls and pnrtioulnrly to attachments theretor.

@ne object oit the :invention is to provide a wheeled support tor a:fnannre ttorlt which will perniit the easy movement ot the :torlc .vhenelearning` e stehle.

Auotherohject is to provide e device ol this character which can heeasily end prickly .applied to any manure torlr .vithout inodifieetionsto the toria @ther objects and advantages will he apparent Yl'rono theliollowing; description when teken in connection with theaeconipnnyijig'` tions being;l apertnred tor the reeption ot the endsol' the arde l2. Engaged on the ends o'li the mile l2, :ind lv t,against the :ire the plat s outer ieces of ti. arms lll, the lower en@oit which partiell); env luoco the lower ends ot the arms ll. The endsol the axle l2 are threaded, and enzd on each end ot the axle, sindheeringg a 11st a plate 13, is o nut lll. Rotetehly suppr. rted on theouter ends of the angle, out- Yordly ol the arms ll, are the groundengaging' wheels l5, and on the axle, at each side ol each wheel, is asplit spring washer l?, while n nnt 18 is engaged on the axle, outwardlyot each oi' the outer washers 17. The nuts le and 1S are turned tightlySerial No. 513,414.

against the spring washers 1'? so that the i9, and disposed above thisportion ot the yolrc is a longitudinally extending pla-te 20, seid platebeing; also 'formed with siniilfir openings 2l, which register withthose ot the yoke, tor the reception of the clamping' bolts 22. Thetines of the fork 23 are slipped between the transverse portion of theyolrc and the plate 20, in such menne; that twoot the tines, thoseintermediate sides oft the ilorlz, lie between e pair of bolts 22. Whenthe nuts 22, ot the bolts 22, are

screwed home, the tines of the fork will he tightly clamped between theyoke and the plate, it being understood that the tori: is

slipped between the yoke and plete until the transversely extendingportion ot the head ot the torlz; ahuts the yoke and plete. The tinesthus project forwardly from the yoke. By grasping` the handle ot thefork and lowering the tines to the floor, the operator may push the'forl forwardly beneath the manure, while the fork is sup ported on thewheels l, and then, by rocking the ifork and yoke on the axle, the tineswill loe lifted to elevate the load. The lork`r in this elevetedposition, may then he pushed to the desired location. where the loadymay he dumped.

What is claimed is:

The Combination with e manure forli, of a carriage therefor comprising ayoke, an axle rotatably supported in the yoke, plates on the axle anddisposed against the arins oit the yoke, `ground wheels on the ends otthe axle, split washers on the erle at opposite sides ot each wheel,nnte on the ends et the axle end engaged against the said washers, and aplate detachahly secured on the transverse portion of' the yoke 1Corcooperation with said portion ot the yoke to elanp the tines ot theio'rlr therebetween.

ln testimony whereot, l odin my signellltnesses EMANUEL Sriiniri, S. A.Sonrriotne.

